Table 1. Private sector gross job gains and job losses, annual March to March New Jersey Total private Gross job gains Gross job losses Year ended Net change(1) Total Expanding Opening Total Contracting Closing establishments establishments establishments establishments March 1994 33,843 377,942 251,485 126,457 344,099 215,668 128,431 March 1995 85,670 433,872 264,729 169,143 348,202 224,623 123,579 March 1996 15,445 404,766 245,335 159,431 389,321 250,496 138,825 March 1997 68,227 451,073 303,614 147,459 382,846 233,986 148,860 March 1998 78,649 518,374 309,480 208,894 439,725 244,985 194,740 March 1999 88,496 530,547 306,166 224,381 442,051 248,304 193,747 March 2000 88,487 542,753 322,230 220,523 454,266 268,541 185,725 March 2001 21,432 501,356 313,341 188,015 479,924 286,351 193,573 March 2002 -38,535 476,067 287,735 188,332 514,602 330,815 183,787 March 2003 -43,844 422,227 264,752 157,475 466,071 305,700 160,371 March 2004 11,383 403,734 259,530 144,204 392,351 256,554 135,797 March 2005 18,577 414,771 263,926 150,845 396,194 256,442 139,752 March 2006 61,638 418,913 273,256 145,657 357,275 245,644 111,631 March 2007 -8,590 373,242 249,054 124,188 381,832 258,011 123,821 March 2008 12,608 380,423 251,565 128,858 367,815 249,793 118,022 March 2009 -164,397 291,742 186,889 104,853 456,139 336,593 119,546 March 2010 -64,957 302,722 198,844 103,878 367,679 258,255 109,424 March 2011 17,415 325,510 225,267 100,243 308,095 207,483 100,612 March 2012 54,606 354,890 248,058 106,832 300,284 206,022 94,262 March 2013 31,685 341,506 234,607 106,899 309,821 209,419 100,402 March 2014 12,298 341,601 230,939 110,662 329,303 223,142 106,161 March 2015 41,372 367,945 248,323 119,622 326,573 213,770 112,803 March 2016 75,497 383,322 264,919 118,403 307,825 203,724 104,101 March 2017 48,622 352,246 251,406 100,840 303,624 213,795 89,829 March 2018 46,714 354,380 245,008 109,372 307,666 220,836 86,830 March 2019 43,561 362,995 261,434 101,561 319,434 228,800 90,634 March 2020 8,617 360,431 243,434 116,997 351,814 254,829 96,985 March 2021 -193,165 362,285 243,183 119,102 555,450 433,641 121,809 March 2022 252,115 542,017 391,775 150,242 289,902 198,698 91,204 March 2023 80,635 439,260 318,012 121,248 358,625 254,764 103,861 (1) Net change is the difference between total gross job gains and total gross job losses.